Another medieval monster from the realms of marginalia, based on Les grande heures de duc de Berry, Paris, 1409.
Obviously, there were cheerios in the fifteenth century.
Pen and ink, medieval monster, and a cheerio
Doodle 07.05.17
Doodle 28.94.17
Good morning, my chums!
Today’s doodle is a little bit horrifying. If you have been following my posts for a while, you’ll know that I am a little bit fascinated by monsters, and also by unusually monstrous creatures in medieval manuscripts, the most terrifying of which are snails, or rabbits riding snails. This week it was Alien Day and, following the hype, I went to see Alien on the big screen. Watching that illogically amusing plastic monster scurrying about a spaceship got me thinking about how modern monsters are just as funny as medieval monsters. Therefore, I present to you the ultimate battle of the beasts: Snail versus Alien. Who do you think would win in a fight?
Pen and ink, and madness.
Sleep well.
Drake
Doodle 14.04.17
Good Friday 😉
Here is a castle, and some goldfish.
Castle, goldfish, pen and ink, ink dribbles
Eat chocolate and prosper.
– Drake
Doodle 07.04.17
Dear Follower,
My apologies – I have not posted in many weeks. I was stuck in a time machine. Hopefully this new doodle makes up for my absence!
Pen and ink, and the inspiration of one medieval manuscript.
This continues my series of interpretations of medieval marginalia. I hope to create a few more, now that I have escaped that pesky time machine.
— Drake
Doodle 03.03.17
Doodling is fun, and cathartic, and all kinds of wonderful. Doodling with friends is even better. I would like to dedicate this post to doodle buddies, and anyone who will sit for an hour to draw a tree in the park on a cold day.
My tree sketch. Indian ink, gesso,masking fluid, charcoal, et. al.
My doodle buddy’s tree sketch. Indian ink, gesso, graphite.
Many thanks to the crazy amazing Abi Bleach for drawing trees with me!
Have a lovely day,
Drake
Doodle 17.02.17
I found this little monster in a medieval manuscript and doodled it.
Dragon, cloth paper, pen and ink.
Keep an eye out for more escaped monsters from manuscripts over the next few weeks.
– Drake
Doodle 10.02.17
There have been many trees this week. Here are a few, growing out of a sleeping troll woman.
Troll Woman. Parker Quink, Indian ink, and a twig.
Doodle 03.02.17
Because dragons are good any day of the week… dragons and copious amounts of black India ink!
Dragon 03.92.17, India ink and one very grave little knight.
Doodle 27.01.17
Good afternoon.
Starry Wood. Fibre tip pens, The Scanner.
Spot the castle.
Drake
Comission (20.01.17)
Hello!
Today I am very excited to introduce you to Losori.
Losori is a wonderful blog about sewing, theatre and performance, and lots of other stuff. Lottie, the mind behind it, posts about how to alter skirts and design dresses whilst writing about her life and sharing a brilliant sense of humour. She asked me to illustrate a cover for her blog, and it was such a pleasure to work with her that I wanted to post it here.
Don’t forget to visit Lottie’s blog and see all the wonderful things there!
Thanks for reading,
Drake x
